Gregor Mendel chose the pea plants for his experiments because the garden pea is an ideal subject in the study of genetics for the following reasons:
-- presence of observable traits with contrasting forms
-- produces many offspring in one cross
-- short life cycle
-- ease in manipulating pollination (cross pollination)
Pea plants had the following chacracteristics:
Pea plants (leguminosae) have an irregular flower in which the top part of the corolla is much larger than the lower part (Hitchcock and CronquistFlora of the Pacific Northwest p228). If you haven't ever seen a pea flower, it looks much like a snap dragon bloom. This feature keeps the flowers from freely pollinating each other by wind, as they are tightly shut. If protected from pollinating insects, they will only self pollinate, or if the anthers are clipped off they can be very selectively pollinated by a person. This gave Mendel much tighter control over the crossbreeding of the plants.
Because pea plants are easy to propagate and have 7 observable traits like Seed Shape, seed color, Seed coat color, pod shape, flower position and stem length
Gregor Mendel used pea plants because they were less complicated genetic wise than an animal or other organism, they grew quickly so he could see the results of his experiment sooner, and he had more control over them (he could choose self polliantion or cross polination and could physically do it)
Mendel is famous for his work with pea plants. These experiments led to the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment. Several different pea-plant traits were used in his experiments, including seed type and flower colour.
Gregor Mendel didn't really use any technology. He basically observed the pea plants traits generation after generation, and the outcome of the same experiment repeated.
Sweet Pea having seven contrasting traits.
explain how Gre gor Mendell obtained pureline strans of pea plants for use in his studies of genetics.
Gregor Mendel studied sweet pea plants and was the first to discover magnifie glass (p.s. if i spelled something wrong sorry about that just as your parents):):D
Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study heredity.
genetics
He used pea plants.
pea plants
pea pod plants
Mendel is famous for his work with pea plants. These experiments led to the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment. Several different pea-plant traits were used in his experiments, including seed type and flower colour.
Gregor Mendel didn't really use any technology. He basically observed the pea plants traits generation after generation, and the outcome of the same experiment repeated.
pea plants show very different traits that are easy to tell apart and they grow relatively fast
Sweet Pea having seven contrasting traits.
explain how Gre gor Mendell obtained pureline strans of pea plants for use in his studies of genetics.
Gregor Mendel studied sweet pea plants and was the first to discover magnifie glass (p.s. if i spelled something wrong sorry about that just as your parents):):D
He used pea plants for his genetics experiment.